The Political Economy of Citizen Security: A Conceptual Framework

Most Latin American countries face a systemic challenge in providing citizen security. In other words, the region’s current insecurity is not only the responsibility of state actors in isolation, but also a product of the entire policymaking process(PMP) to understand policy outcomes. Many problems in this area spring from the lack of coordination among state actors—or from coordination in the service of their own interests rather than those of the wider population. Addressing citizen security thus requires considering the incentives of all actors involved in the policymaking process and the arenas in which they make decisions. This paper first reviews evidence-based studies, then presents a condensed theoretical framework of the political economy of citizen insecurity. The paper concludes with recommendations for implementing this theoretical framework and evaluates the methodological and logistical challenges it presents.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Hernán Flom
Format:	Technical Notes biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Political Economy, Citizen Security and Crime Prevention, Public Administration, D02 - Institutions: Design Formation Operations and Impact, D73 - Bureaucracy • Administrative Processes in Public Organizations • Corruption, D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation, K14 - Criminal Law, L14 - Transactional Relationships • Contracts and Reputation • Networks, L38 - Public Policy, Policymaking process;Crime;Citizen security;Latin America,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001237 https://publications.iadb.org/en/political-economy-citizen-security-conceptual-framework
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